Current Issues in Sports and Exercise Medicine

Current Issues in Sports and Exercise Medicine
Author: Michael Hamlin
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2013-05-15
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9535110314

This unique resource presents current issues in sports and exercise medicine which outlines new areas of knowledge and provides updates on current knowledge in the broad field of sports and exercise medicine. Written by experts in their own sub-disciplines, Current Issues in Sports and Exercise Medicine discusses the physiology behind sports injuries and presents new and exciting approaches to manage such injuries. In addition, the book explores the relationship between exercise, health and performance by providing new information in areas such as exercise and immunity, the use of iron supplementation for performance, how exercise affects reactive oxygen species, and the proposed benefits of real and simulated altitude training. This book is well referenced and illustrated and will be a valuable resource for sports medicine specialists, physiologists, coaches, physical conditioners, physiotherapists and graduate and medical school students.

Sport and Exercise Medicine for Pharmacists

Sport and Exercise Medicine for Pharmacists
Author: Steven B. Kayne
Publisher: Pharmaceutical Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 2006
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780853696001

As a result of health promotion and changes in lifestyle, increasing numbers of people are taking part in sporting activities. This is an authoritative and practical introduction to the prevention and treatment of injuries and ailments commonly experienced in sport and exercise and will equip pharmacists with the knowledge they need to provide patients, participating at whatever level, with evidence-based advice on sport and exercise-related health matters.

Clinical Sports Medicine

Clinical Sports Medicine
Author: Peter Brukner
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Total Pages: 918
Release: 2002
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780074711088

A reference on clinical sports medicine for practitioners and sports people. It features 56 chapters, of which seven are new to this second edition. This edition also contains over 50 new photographs, and sections on topical issues such as concussion and drugs have been updated.

Social Issues in Sport

Social Issues in Sport
Author: Ron Woods
Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2020
Genre: Sports
ISBN: 1492593850

Social Issues in Sport, Fourth Edition, explores common questions and issues about sport and its relation to society through various sociological and cultural lenses. The text is grounded in practical application and provides social theories through which students may examine real-world issues

ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine

ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine
Author: Gregory Whyte
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2015-07-27
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1118777506

The ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine provides general practitioners with a comprehensive overview of the field of sports medicine. This highly illustrated and thoroughly revised and updated new edition: • Reflects new developments and current practice • Includes new chapters on medical care at sporting events, environmental factors of sports and exercise, benefits of exercise in health and disease, nutrition and ergogenic supplements, and the use of drugs in sport • Covers the benefits of exercise among special populations such as the disabled, obese, pregnant, children and the elderly Covering the latest topics and including case studies of common sports and exercise medicine conditions, the ABC of Sports and Exercise Medicine is an essential practical guide for general practitioners, family physicians, junior doctors, medical students, physiotherapists, and all health professionals dealing with the treatment and prevention of sports-related injuries.

Sport and Exercise Science

Sport and Exercise Science
Author: Matjaz Merc
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2018-02-07
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9535137948

Professional and semiprofessional sports as well as excessive amateur exercise inevitably lead to some degree of musculoskeletal injury once in a sportsman's career. Some injuries are represented as chronic injuries, which can result in irreversible long-term tissue changes and deformities. The subject of this book is to represent the up-to-date knowledge about etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic injuries or sport-related long-term changes in locomotor system.

Muscle Injuries in Sport Medicine

Muscle Injuries in Sport Medicine
Author: Gian Nicola Bisciotti
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013-09-11
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9535111981

Muscle tears are one of the most common pathologies in sport and one of the most frequent causes of sport activity suspension. The purpose of this book is to review the state of the art of the actual knowledge on muscle tears in athletes, in particular for what concern the biology of muscle healing, the conservative and surgical treatments and the preventive aspects. Therefore, this textbook can be a valid tool for all Sport Medicine practitioners such as physicians, physiotherapists and fitness coaches.

Basketball Sports Medicine and Science

Basketball Sports Medicine and Science
Author: Lior Laver
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 1018
Release: 2020-10-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3662610701

This book is designed as a comprehensive educational resource not only for basketball medical caregivers and scientists but for all basketball personnel. Written by a multidisciplinary team of leading experts in their fields, it provides information and guidance on injury prevention, injury management, and rehabilitation for physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers, rehabilitation specialists, conditioning trainers, and coaches. All commonly encountered injuries and a variety of situations and scenarios specific to basketball are covered with the aid of more than 200 color photos and illustrations. Basketball Sports Medicine and Science is published in collaboration with ESSKA and will represent a superb, comprehensive educational resource. It is further hoped that the book will serve as a link between the different disciplines and modalities involved in basketball care, creating a common language and improving communication within the team staff and environment.

Oxford Textbook of Children's Sport and Exercise Medicine

Oxford Textbook of Children's Sport and Exercise Medicine
Author: Neil Armstrong
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 785
Release: 2023
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0192843966

The 4th edition of the Oxford Textbook of Children's Sport and Exercise Medicine is the definitive single-volume reference in the field presented in four sections Exercise Science; Exercise Medicine; Sport Science; and Sport Medicine.